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SUMMARY:EESS talk on "On the dynamics of rock glaciers"
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Alessandro Cicoira\, Postdoctoral researcher\, Snow and Ava
 lanche Simulation Laboratory (SLAB)\nAbstract:\nRock glaciers are creeping
  periglacial landforms experiencing strong acceleration during recent atmo
 spheric warming and raising concerns with regard to their future behaviour
  and stability. High resolution kinematic observations show strong seasona
 l and multi-annual variations in rock glacier creep\, but the linking mech
 anisms to environmental forcing remain poorly understood and lack quantita
 tive models. Here\, we investigate the interaction between rock glacier cr
 eep and climatic forcing - temperature and precipitation - by means of in-
 situ investigations\, remote sensing and numerical modeling.\n\nWe find th
 at water from liquid precipitation and snow melt\, rather than air tempera
 ture\, is the main driver of variations in rock glacier creep. Our results
  imply that the influence of water on rock glacier creep is fundamental an
 d must be considered when investigating the historic and future evolution 
 of rock glaciers.\n\n\nShort biography:\nDr Cicoira is an Environmental En
 gineer specialized in fluid dynamics and natural hazard management. He gra
 duated in Engineering at the University of Trento\, Italy\, with a special
 ization about snow avalanches. During his PhD at the Glaciology and Geomor
 phology Group at the University of Zurich\, he investigated the dynamics o
 f rock glaciers and its coupling to the climate system by means of in-situ
  investigations\, remote sensing and numerical modeling.\n\nThroughout his
  academic career\, he contributed to the development of international guid
 elines for inventorying rock glaciers and monitoring their dynamics. In a 
 more applied part of his work\, he investigated several landforms (glacier
 s\, debris-covered glaciers\, rock walls\, landslides) in the Alps and in 
 the arctic in the framework of a number of monitoring activities of nation
 al authorities and research institutions. His current work as a post-docto
 ral researcher at the Snow and Avalanche Simulation Laboratory SLAB\, EPFL
  aims at advancing our understanding of multi-phase mass flows and process
  cascades.\n\n 
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63900222242?pwd=OXluejhzTklCbkdWakkvaUFCSG
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